1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to state government; increasing the membership of the Legislative 
1.3 	Commission on Pensions and Retirement; amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, 
1.4 	section 3.85, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 3.85, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.Membership. The commission consists of five seven  members of the 
1.8 	senate appointed by the Subcommittee on Committees of the Committee on Rules and 
1.9 	Administration and five seven  members of the house of representatives appointed by 
1.10 	the speaker.  No more than five members from each chamber may be from the majority 
1.11 	caucus in that chamber. Members shall be appointed at the commencement of each regular 
1.12 	session of the legislature for a two-year term beginning January 16 of the first year of the 
1.13 	regular session. Members continue to serve until their successors are appointed. Vacancies 
1.14 	that occur while the legislature is in session shall be filled like regular appointments. If the 
1.15 	legislature is not in session, senate vacancies shall be filled by the last Subcommittee on 
1.16 	Committees of the senate Committee on Rules and Administration or other appointing 
1.17 	authority designated by the senate rules, and house of representatives vacancies shall be 
1.18 	filled by the last speaker of the house, or if the speaker is not available, by the last chair of 
1.19 	the house of representatives Rules Committee.

1.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment. 
1.21 	Within ten days of the effective date of this section, the appointing authorities must 
1.22 	appoint additional members to the commission, as required by this section.